Sorry for the major delay in updating. Real life....nergh!!!! Slowly working my way up to Series 3 where I started all this off. We'll catch up with Buffy, Legolas and everyone there soon...I promise.
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"This world is older than any of you know," Giles said as he looked around the table at the confused faces of Xander and Willow. Buffy knew all this already so it wasn't as daunting to her as it would be to the others. "Contrary to popular mythology, it did not begin as a paradise. For untold eons demons walked the Earth. They made it their home, their... their Hell. But in time they lost their purchase on this reality. The way was made for mortal animals, for, for man. All that remains of the old ones are vestiges, certain magicks, certain creatures..."
"And Vampires," Buffy added.
"Okay, this is where I have a problem," Xander piped up. "See, because we're talking about vampires. We're having a 'talk' with vampires in it."
"Isn't that what we saw last night?" Willow asked.
"No. No, th-those weren't vampires, those were just guys in thundering need of a facial. Or maybe they had rabies. It could have been rabies. A-and that guy turning to dust? Just a trick of light. That's exactly what I said the first time I saw a vampire. Well, after I was done with the screaming part," Buffy said softly.
Willow turned pale.
"Oh, I...I need to sit down," she said quietly.
"You are sitting down," Buffy replied.
"Oh good for me," Willow said, looking faint.
"So Vampires are Demons?" Xander said, taking the conversation back on track.
"The books tell the last demon to leave this reality fed off a human, mixed their blood. He was a human form possessed, infected by the demon's soul. He bit another, and another, and so they walk the Earth, feeding... Killing some, mixing their blood with others to make more of their kind. Waiting for the animals to die out, and the old ones to return."
Xander watched as Giles spoke. He felt a cold chill run up his spine. It sounded familiar to him, but he couldn't place it. Maybe he'd read it before. Hang on, he thought to himself. Yeah like he'd read something like that. Must have seen the movie. That was much more likely. He shook it off and listened as Giles continued talking. His mind was whirling in a state of confusion. Slayer? Why did that also sound familiar?
He walked Willow to class, discussing various things for her to search for on the net. But inside him still lurked the little niggle that something was not making sense. Why did he feel so weird when Giles and Buffy talked about Vampires? Why did he feel like he knew something but he couldn't put his finger on it? He said goodbye to Willow and then watched as she walked into her next class. He couldn't let Buffy go alone to Jesse. Jesse was his friend and it was up to him to see he was safe. He turned and walked quickly out of the building. He had to catch up to Buffy and stop her from going into the Vampire's lair all alone. Something just didn't feel right.
He caught up with Buffy in the tunnels. She wasn't happy to see him, but he'd expected that. She had no choice though. He was there now and he was going with her to save Jesse. They found him, too late. He had already been turned and was a Vampire. They barely made it out of the tunnels to safety. On the walk back to the school, Xander was silent. He heard Buffy talking, but his mind was whirling. Everything felt familiar, but wasn't. He felt like he was living in some sort of strange deja vu but he had no idea how or what to do about it. He walked beside Buffy, trying to sort out his thoughts, but they just got more confusing. Why did what Giles had said about the world being a hell sound wrong to him? Why did the part about a demon mixing its blood with a human sound familiar? And why did everything seem so surreal now?
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"This world is older than any of you know," Giles said as he looked around the table at the confused faces of Xander and Willow. Buffy knew all this already so it wasn't as daunting to her as it would be to the others. "Contrary to popular mythology, it did not begin as a paradise. For untold eons demons walked the Earth. They made it their home, their... their Hell. But in time they lost their purchase on this reality. The way was made for mortal animals, for, for man. All that remains of the old ones are vestiges, certain magicks, certain creatures..."
"And Vampires," Buffy added.
"Okay, this is where I have a problem," Xander piped up. "See, because we're talking about vampires. We're having a 'talk' with vampires in it."
"Isn't that what we saw last night?" Willow asked.
"No. No, th-those weren't vampires, those were just guys in thundering need of a facial. Or maybe they had rabies. It could have been rabies. A-and that guy turning to dust? Just a trick of light. That's exactly what I said the first time I saw a vampire. Well, after I was done with the screaming part," Buffy said softly.
Willow turned pale.
"Oh, I...I need to sit down," she said quietly.
"You are sitting down," Buffy replied.
"Oh good for me," Willow said, looking faint.
"So Vampires are Demons?" Xander said, taking the conversation back on track.
"The books tell the last demon to leave this reality fed off a human, mixed their blood. He was a human form possessed, infected by the demon's soul. He bit another, and another, and so they walk the Earth, feeding... Killing some, mixing their blood with others to make more of their kind. Waiting for the animals to die out, and the old ones to return."
Xander watched as Giles spoke. He felt a cold chill run up his spine. It sounded familiar to him, but he couldn't place it. Maybe he'd read it before. Hang on, he thought to himself. Yeah like he'd read something like that. Must have seen the movie. That was much more likely. He shook it off and listened as Giles continued talking. His mind was whirling in a state of confusion. Slayer? Why did that also sound familiar?
He walked Willow to class, discussing various things for her to search for on the net. But inside him still lurked the little niggle that something was not making sense. Why did he feel so weird when Giles and Buffy talked about Vampires? Why did he feel like he knew something but he couldn't put his finger on it? He said goodbye to Willow and then watched as she walked into her next class. He couldn't let Buffy go alone to Jesse. Jesse was his friend and it was up to him to see he was safe. He turned and walked quickly out of the building. He had to catch up to Buffy and stop her from going into the Vampire's lair all alone. Something just didn't feel right.
He caught up with Buffy in the tunnels. She wasn't happy to see him, but he'd expected that. She had no choice though. He was there now and he was going with her to save Jesse. They found him, too late. He had already been turned and was a Vampire. They barely made it out of the tunnels to safety. On the walk back to the school, Xander was silent. He heard Buffy talking, but his mind was whirling. Everything felt familiar, but wasn't. He felt like he was living in some sort of strange deja vu but he had no idea how or what to do about it. He walked beside Buffy, trying to sort out his thoughts, but they just got more confusing. Why did what Giles had said about the world being a hell sound wrong to him? Why did the part about a demon mixing its blood with a human sound familiar? And why did everything seem so surreal now?